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"From sweet corn and pick-your-own strawberries to baked goods and hearty flowers, consumers can find the best Pennsylvania has to offer with the 2009 Consumer's Guide to Pennsylvania Farm Markets."Pennsylvania is home to more than 1,200 farm markets where consumers can buy fresh, nutritious prod..."

"The US Department of Agriculture estimates that bee pollination contributes $15 billion annually to the nation's crop value. Having healthy honey bee levels in Virginia, where apples, peaches, strawberries and other crops are grown, is paramount, ..."

"Over the past three years, there has been a 60 percent increase in local growers who sell directly to consumers or farmers markets, Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack said. Kay Jensen, an organic farmer who grows broccoli, strawberries and ..."

"Pamela Bartholomew is a marketing specialist with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture . She told the Daily News Journal (http://on.dnj.com/11kPhAF) that Tennessee's cool, wet spring has prolonged the growing process. The cold has thinned out some ..."

"ORONO, Maine - As beekeepers across the country continue to lose beehives at unprecedented rates and as Maine’s blueberry, strawberry and other crop farmers pay higher prices for migratory bee services, key research is taking place at the University of Maine."

"With her granddaughter on her lap, Marilyn Russo presses the pedal on the golf cart and heads off to the fields on a sunny afternoon. Passing the plastic-wrapped hothouses with tomato plants reaching the ceiling, and the stands of apple and peach trees starting to bud, and the rows of pea plants beginning to blossom, she pulls up to the six acres of strawberry fields and stops to investigate the ..."